DEGREE
International Relations
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Academic Identity
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- Mission
To train outstanding professionals and researchers in International Relations—creative, humanistic, with leadership skills, critical thinking, and a strong sense of civic responsibility—committed to contributing to national development and addressing the needs of society and the Armed Forces.
- Vision
To be an International Relations program recognized at the national and regional levels for excellence in academic training, knowledge production, and its contribution to the analysis and management of global affairs, strategically supporting the strengthening of security and defense, in alignment with the ethical, civic, and community service values that guide the Armed Forces University ESPE.
- Program Objectives
- General objective
To train graduates in International Relations with integrity, critical thinking, analytical breadth, and academic rigor, committed to the primacy of the State’s interests. To prepare professionals capable of analyzing the international context by identifying actors and processes—particularly those related to security—and of designing strategies and plans at the political-strategic level. All of this is grounded in the integration of basic and advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of the discipline, aimed at achieving national objectives.
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Profiles and outcomes
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- Professional Profile
The Bachelor’s graduate in International Relations from the Armed Forces University ESPE is a well-rounded professional with a solid academic background, critical thinking, and a strategic vision, oriented toward understanding and managing international phenomena. They possess the ability to analyze the global environment by identifying actors, dynamics, and political, economic, and security groups, with an emphasis on those that impact national defense and the interests of the State.
Has the competencies to design, implement, and evaluate strategies and policies in the political-strategic field, as well as to provide advisory support in decision-making within public institutions, international organizations, and entities related to security and defense. Their education integrates theoretical and practical knowledge of International Relations, along with advanced analytical and methodological tools.
They are characterized by leadership, professional ethics, civic commitment, and a vocation for service, contributing to national development, the country’s international projection, and the preservation of security and State sovereignty.
- Graduate Profile
Describes and analyzes reality based on the fundamental principles of International Relations, linking fields such as security, conflict, and cooperation among States, as well as the principles of political science, economics, and law; demonstrating integrity, critical thinking, breadth of perspective, and academic rigor, prioritizing national interests over individual ones.
Designs analytical scenarios that incorporate aspects related to trade relations and their consequences at both national and international levels, from a strategic and geopolitical perspective; demonstrating integrity, critical thinking, breadth of perspective, and academic rigor, prioritizing national interests over individual ones.
Designs research and projects involving advanced analytical assessment of strategic and security components, through the identification of conflict-related processes associated with decision-making in strategic and international security sectors; demonstrating integrity, critical thinking, breadth of perspective, and academic rigor, prioritizing national interests over individual ones.
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Program cost:
Article 356 of the Constitution of the Republic establishes, among other principles, that third-level public higher education shall be tuition-free, and that this gratuity is linked to the academic responsibility of students.